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Voyage Details:
Two supply shipments are planned for the 2024/2025 Antarctic season. In the middle of December from Cape Town and in March from Punta Arenas. The station crew will be replaced successively in mentioned above transports. The Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station works permanently all year round with a crew of 15 (summer) – 9 (winter) persons at the King George Island to support science programs coordinated by the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophisics PAS. In addition, during the Antarctic summer the infrastructure of the Arctowski station will be undergoing process of a comprehensive reconstruction (approximately 15 additional people will be involved). The Arctowski station will be closed to tourist traffic. The visits of scientists will be little limited.
Station Details:
The station has boats and snowmobiles of short reach.
9 persons will stay for the winter including paramedic.
Medical equipment at the station include:
Lifepak 15 defibrillator
EAD defibrillator
Transport ventilator pNeuton
Fast Dramiński ultrasound
Aspel AsCARD Green and Red3 ECGs
Oxygen concentrator
Voyage Contacts:
station name: Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station
station leader: Anna Jay
station manager: Dariusz Puczko arctowski.logistics@ibb.waw.pl
Contacts
Dariusz Puczko
Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station
Polardex assistant
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